The Champion (1915)
The Champion (1915)
Plot.
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
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Cast & Crew.
Charlie Chaplin
Challenger / Writer / Director / Editor
Edna Purviance
Trainer's Daughter
Ernest Van Pelt
Spike Dugan / Assistant Director
Gilbert M. Anderson
Enthusiastic Fan
Lloyd Bacon
Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
Sparring Partner
Billy Armstrong
Sparring Partner
Paddy McGuire
Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
Bob Uppercut, Champion
Bill Cato
First Sparring Partner
Ben Turpin
Ringside vendor
Fred Windemere
Cop
Frank Dolan
Second Stretcher Bearer
W. Coleman Elam
Bit Role
Henry Youngman
Bit Role
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
sport
black and white
silent film
short
boxing
Wiki.
The Champion is a 1915 American silent comedy film released by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match scene.
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